Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-28
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irg. Then prepare solution of salicylic
acid thirty-fVe grains, sugar eight
ounces, with one quart OF wa
ter, and when dissolved pour over
the fruit. After about one hour little
more of the solution may be added, see
ing that the cans are full, and then seal
as usual. OF course, the cans can not be
tight the same as when sealed hot, be-
cause the shrinkage while cooling causes
q suction-so don't fear if the cans leak,
as they certainly will q little. Nothing
can be finer than fruit thus put up "for
the fairs land similar uses. For the table
we have decided to use pint cans, so IS
to eat the entire contents of q can when
fest opened. Then one can count on
putting up strawberries, raspberries ald
blackberries and find them good.
ORANGE AND LEIoN PEEL.
Boil the peel until tender, changing
the water twice; make syrup with q
pound Of sugar and gill of the Juice Of
either, and boil until it reaches what is
known to ConfeCtioners as the "smsll
thread" degree, which is also 213 degrees
! Fsrenheit The est for this mot having
a thermomet-r) is that when touched
with the fore fiager it will pull out into a
small thread. Put in the peels and boil
twenty minutes; let them stand over
night in the syrup; the next day take out
the peel, dip quickly in boiling water,
dry on e napkin thickly sprinkled
with powdered sugar. Have the pieces
CT peel as large as possible for conven-
fence in handling. Stand the seive in
the oven, leave the door open, and dry at
a gentle heat for twenty-four hours
| The next day make fresh syrup with a
| pint OF sugar and a gill of water; boil
and skim until it will draw out like q
thread; put in the peel, give one boil
drain as much candy from them as posi-
bic and dry as before in a slow oven,
leaving the door partially open fol-
twenty-four hours. The first syrup cen
be used for making other preserves and
need rot be wasted.
CITRoN PRESERVE.
Pare, core and cut in any desired shape
six pounds OF c!tron; slice four lemons
and boil them in water until they look
clesr; drain and put them in dish with
clear water until they are wanted. Tie 8
quarter OF a pound Of bruised ginger
root in muslin cloth and boil in the
water in which the lemons were boiled
with another pint added, until the wstel
Is highly favored; take out the bag Of
ginger, put in six pounds OF sugar and
boil and skim until no more skum arises
then put in the pieces Of citron and the
slices OF lemon. Boil them in the syrup
until quite transparent. If intended fol
preserves seal up in cans st once.
RICHES.
Ia cleaning brass or copper use vinegar
and salt.
a small piece of butter placed in suarct
il said to give fine polish.
A good cement to close the cracks il
stoves is made by mixing wood ashes ane
salt.
Sponge cske-One cup of sugar and
three eggs, beat well, and add one cup O
-four and one teaspoonfu! of baking pow
der; mix we'll and bake.
a half-cup ammonia to pail Of warn
water will cleanse hard-finished walls
nicely; Of course the water should bt
changed when much solled.
Graham pudding-Two cups OF graham
-four, one cup of molssses, one cup swee
milk, one cup chopped raisins, two tea.
spoonfuls soda. Steam three hours.
To prevent bread from drying and mold
ing wrap in clean cloth when taken from
the oven and stand the loaves on end an.
til cold. Keep it ia a closely covered tiI
box.
To Make Corn Fritters-Grate twelvl
ears OF corn, scraping the ears with
silver knife 80 that all the milk may be
removed. Mix the pulp With three egg